1973 was a transitional period for Tangerine Dream, as they'd moved to the UK after signing a deal with Virgin Records, and were recording their first album for the label at Virgin's famous Manor Studios in November and December of 1973. The result was to be 'Phaedra', and it was a distinct progression from their previous two albums for the German Ohr Label, 'Zeit' and 'Atem'. Their concerts from early 1973 were still featuring the cosmic space-rock of those records, and one gig from Berlin was included on the Esoteric re-release of 'Atem'. There don't seem to have been many recordings made of their concerts during 1973, with Tangerine Tree only having three, of which one is the afore-mentioned Berlin show, which has now been officially released. The best officially unreleased recording from this period is the one from 20 November 1973 at The Alhambra Theatre, in Saint Ouen, France, so that's the one I'm using for this post. It's not perfect quality, and so is part of the Tangerine Leaves arm of the project, but it sounds pretty good to me as a time-capsule of what the band sounded like on stage at exactly the same time that they were recording 'Phaedra' at the Manor Studios.
Track listing
01 Part One
02 Part Two
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